Where Do You Stand? [electronic resource] : Intercultural Learning and Political Education in Contemporary Europe /
Ohana, Yael.editor.
Otten, Hendrik.editor.
This book considers the many and often controversial debates about the theoretical underpinning, ideological positioning and political significance of intercultural learning in and for the European youth field. Its starting point is the current de-politicisation of intercultural learning in the field, which sees it as a central approach. Contributors challenge the elevation of intercultural dialogue to panacea for all societal problems from civil war to educational failure, the problematic position of notions of culture at the heart of intercultural learning practice and much of the accepted wisdom on the purposes, contents, approaches and methods of intercultural learning and on the competences required of those delivering it. In an attempt to breathe new life into what is criticised as a stagnant debate, this book asks all those concerned with political education and intercultural learning to rethink where they stand in relation to the theoretical foundations and basic principles of an educational practice that seems to be in need of radical re-politicisation if it is to live up to the contemporary challenges putting its mobilisational capacity to the test.
Description based upon print version of record.
Table of Contents; Foreword; To be an irreproachable member of a flock of sheep, first of all, one must be a sheep.; Introduction & Acknowledgements; Intercultural learning at an impasse?; The contributions to this book; Acknowledgements; Part I: Retrospectives; On the Political Didactics of Intercultural Learning - A Planning Concept for International Youth Work; Zur politischen Didaktik interkulturellen Lernens - Ein Planungskonzept für internationale Jugendarbeit (Band 1: Otten 1985); Political Education: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
Acculturation of Young Foreigners in the Federal Republic of Germany: Problems and ConceptsAkkulturation junger Ausländer in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland - Probleme und Konzepte (Band 2: Treuheit and Otten 1986); '25 Years Later' or On the Sustainability of a Social Scientific Approach to Counselling; Cultural Identity and Intercultural Learning - On the Particular Problem of Ethnocentrism; Kulturelle Identität und interkulturelles Lernen - Zum besonderen Problem des Ethnozentrismus (Band 4: Sternecker 1992)
Back to the Future: A Few Words of Encouragement for Petra Sternecker's 'Cultural Identity and Intercultural Learning'Identity - Communication - Interaction; Identität - Kommunikation - Interaktion; Intercultural Dialogue Today?; Intercultural learning today; European Civil Society: An Open Societal Model for Young People in Europe?; Die europäische Bürgergesellschaft - geschlossene Gesellschaft oder offener Zukunftsenwurf für Jugendliche in Europa?; Eurospeak - Rhetoric, Politics and Young People in Europe; Different speeds, growing distance; The dilemma of being in or out
Everybody needs to learn - not just the young peopleCitizenship and Multiculturalism: Rethinking Equality, Rights and Diversity in Contemporary Europe; Staatsbürgerschaft und Multikulturalismus: Neue Ansätze in Bezug auf Gleichstellung, Rechte und Vielfalt im Europa von Heute (Band 6: O'Cinneide 2004); Rethinking Equality Again: Regression Masked as 'Progress'; Valorising Civic Engagement in Europe: 'Political Education' in a Balancing Act Between Aspirations and Realities
Die Förderung bürgerschaftlichen Engagements in Europa: politische Bildung im Spagat zwischen Wünschen und Wirklichkeiten (Band 6: Chisholm 2004)'Political Education' Between Aspirations and Realities: Another Decade Bites the Dust; Part II: Contemporary Reflections; Intercultural Education: Learning Empathy to Transgress54; Introduction; Intercultural learning and critical pedagogy; Tolerance of ambiguity; Diatopic hermeneutics; Intercultural learning and social change; Intercultural dialogue; A new impetus for intercultural learning; Dealing with historical injustice
Breaking political silences
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-276).
This book considers the many and often controversial debates about the theoretical underpinning, ideological positioning and political significance of intercultural learning in and for the European youth field. Its starting point is the current de-politicisation of intercultural learning in the field, which sees it as a central approach. Contributors challenge the elevation of intercultural dialogue to panacea for all societal problems from civil war to educational failure, the problematic position of notions of culture at the heart of intercultural learning practice and much of the accepted wisdom on the purposes, contents, approaches and methods of intercultural learning and on the competences required of those delivering it. In an attempt to breathe new life into what is criticised as a stagnant debate, this book asks all those concerned with political education and intercultural learning to rethink where they stand in relation to the theoretical foundations and basic principles of an educational practice that seems to be in need of radical re-politicisation if it is to live up to the contemporary challenges putting its mobilisational capacity to the test.
Political communication.
Education.
Communication.
Political Communication.
Education, general.
Communication Studies.